East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Colchester Hospital has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Operating Department Practitioner to join our caring, supportive, and compassionate team. This post is ideal if you are passionate about your profession and committed to delivering high-quality patient focused care.
Our theatre suites comprise of 17 theatres. One inpatient theatre is a hybrid vascular theatre used for vascular & interventional radiological procedures, 3 new state of the art robotic system for abdominal & pelvic surgery and 3 theatres are integrated for Laparoscopic use.
You will receive excellent in-house training to support all areas of working across Anaesthetics.
A flexible approach to working shifts is required.
(HCPC registration is required for the role)
(Applicants enrolling through the overseas route must demonstrate their English language proficiency with a certificate from an English language competency exam)
(Part time hours considered)
Main duties of the job
* To provide clinically effective, high quality, individualised peri-operative patient care working within the multi-disciplinary team.
* To promote a safe and attractive working environment that encourages learning.
* To contribute to the continuing development of peri-operative and professional practice ensuring practice is evidence based.
* To support the integration of clinical governance into all aspects of patient care delivery.
* To demonstrate the skills and knowledge required to achieve the learning outcomes of departmental programmes and competencies.
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offers a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Experience
* Has experience of working within a team.
* Evidence of exposure to or understanding relevant clinical experience.
* Previous Ophthalmology experience.
Qualifications
* ODP.
* To undertake anaesthetic practice be able to evidence achievement of recognised national standards.
* Evidence of continued professional development plans.
* Dip HE (or working towards).
* ILS course.
Knowledge
* Understands the clinical role of a Nurse/ODP within the perioperative team.
Skills
* Motivated.
* Flexible.
* Able to articulate own limitations, training and development needs.
* Shows initiative.
* Enjoys working as part of a team.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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